Conferences & Conventions - Out and About
HOW WELL YOU PLAY OFTEN DETERMINES HOW WELL YOU WORK.
All work and no play can make attending a business event just that, hard work, which can diminish the effectiveness of those participating in it. Even though business is the priority, it's important to have good quality time out, to keep people fresh and motivated. And many events also have to consider the needs of partners accompanying delegates. Getting the balance right is quite easy here, because of the sheer variety and scope of activities available.
You'll find everything from sophisticated city lifestyle pleasures to natural wild life adventures, and every sort of social and sporting activity in between, so that every taste and preference is comprehensively catered for, and easily available.
Albury Wodonga is a unique natural environment, where the great plains meet the mountains, with our greatest river flowing through both. So everywhere you look there are stunning views and brilliant flora and fauna on display. There are several relaxing guided tours available to experience the mighty Murray , it's billabongs and wetlands. As well as comfortable walking tours of the surrounding foothills and flood plains, that provide opportunities to see over 130 different bird species, and our unique wildflowers.
Eating After The Meeting
 The manners and styles of how you can enjoy eating here is as broad as the menus themselves. You'll find contemporary restaurants in heritage buildings, alfresco cafes on cobblestone streets, bistros in converted banks, patisseries and pizzerias in colonial terraces. We're as grand or as modest, contemporary or quirky as your own taste prefers. But whether you order a seared venison tenderloin, a crocodile and crab meat pie or simple bowl of chips, our architectural heritage and beautiful, sweeping countryside provide you with a wonderful complement to every meal.
Sport. Sport. And More Sport.
The region has a remarkable sporting culture that provides the more actively inclined with over 180 hard and grass tennis courts, five championship golf courses, three Olympic size swimming pools, football stadiums, squash and basketball courts and several fitness, spa and leisure centres.
A Countryside Full Of History
Albury Wodonga is an incredibly diverse and intriguing region. A leisurely drive in virtually any direction will take you into a different landscape of diverse cultures, history, heritage and experiences.
North of here are the fertile farming areas of vast pastures and expansive wheat fields, beef studs and sheep farms spreading out around picturesque villages and country towns, museums and historic buildings and colonial architecture.
To the east is our natural adventure land of rugged, untamed natural wilderness and the source of the great Murray itself. Where the valleys begin to ascend the mountains you'll find sleepy hamlets and secluded artists galleries, or enjoy playing in or by the expansive stretches of Lake Hume .  Travelling south you move headlong back into our Gold Rush past, where the elegance of Beechworth's Victorian architecture rises out of a sweeping, picturesque landscape that is as rewarding to the visitor as the gold metal under it was to the prospectors that came before. Or visit Yackandandah and Chiltern, two beautifully preserved villages that have remained virtually unchanged since the early 1900s, reminding us of how simply pleasant life can be.
A meandering journey up the Kiewa Valley will take you deep into Alpine country, through foothill forests, past fertile dairy and cattle country and to the towering faces of the magnificent Victorian Alps.
South west lies the splendid valley of grapes, Rutherglen, where fifth and sixth generations of family winemakers continue to hone their skills and honour their living heirlooms by producing some of the finest wines in the world.
And just a little further to the west is historic Corowa, which played a significant role in our developing nationhood and ultimate federation.
The Magnificence Of Lake Hume
 Spreading out over more than a million hectares of rugged countryside, Lake Hume is both a magnificent achievement of human engineering ingenuity, and a beautiful natural resource.
Held back by a 1600 metre long concrete and earthen embankment, the Mitta Mitta and Murray Rivers have accumulated six times the amount of water of Sydney Harbour , creating over 350 kilometres of shoreline and inlets.
Lake Hume is a spectacular man made aquatic playground for families and fishermen, sailers and windsurfers. It also marks the place at which explorers Hume and Hovell crossed the Murray .
The Serious Business of Shopping
Albury Wodonga may be in the heart of the country but there's nothing provincial about the shopping that's available here. In fact, we've got everything you'd expect to find ( and some you can't ) in any major metropolitan city, from large malls to small boutiques, markets and megastores, local producers and international importers, to bargain in and browse around, try on and buy from.
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Wendy Killeen - Conventions/
Business Development Manager
By phone
+61 2 6051 3760
By fax
+61 2 6051 3751
Or email here
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In person
Albury Wodonga Convention Bureau
Gateway Island,
Lincoln Causeway,
Wodonga VIC 3690
By post
Albury Wodonga Convention Bureau,
P.O. Box 191,
Albury NSW 2640
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